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Fete of Death

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Fete of Death, Bryan Cassiday's fast-paced thriller, is a game of wits. The central character CIA agent Tyrone Quade is serving time in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He becomes extremely wary when the Agency arranges his release with orders to find the killer of a U.S. Senator. Quade begins his quest pitted against fellow operatives, organized crime types, and even the Senator's daughter. There is plenty of action to follow laced with cultural conflict and secret conspiracies. This is a chilling story from beginning to end. A great read!

At the start of this book is a disclaimer from the publisher stating that it is exactly as written "verbatim, with no editorial input from the publisher". And it shows!

The dialogue is pathetic - like something from a 1940's comic book. The plot is ludicrous, and relies largely on everyone jumping to conclusions, but not obvious conclusions; ridiculous and far-fetched conclusions based on zero evidence.

At one point, the protagonist is threatened by a guy who pulls alongside his car and aims a gun at him. He swerves and smashes his car into the potential hit-man's vehicle. What happens next? The failed hit-man shouts "Sorry I damaged your nice car. I didn't mean to!". WTF??

I found this to be a very dark, depressing book
with not one character that has any redeeming quality.
The verbage that was used was as if an intellectual was
trying to sound like a mobster, and failed.